Alert: Water Main Break and Road Closures

Friday, July 31, 1:00 pm - The water main break at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s main campus has been resolved and repairs are underway. As normally occurs during a disruption in water service, there is a temporary discoloration of water in some isolated areas of the Medical Center. The water is safe, but bottled water has been and will continue to be provided as an alternative until the discoloration has passed.

While additional repair work to the broken water main continues, Medical Center Boulevard − from Hawthorne Road to just east of the Main Entrance – remains closed to traffic until repair work is completed. The Main Entrance to the Medical Center remains open.

Welcoming Patients at Sports Medicine – Stratford

Wake Forest Baptist Health is
now welcoming patients at its new Sports Medicine – Stratford site in
Winston-Salem.

An experienced team of orthopaedic surgeons, family medicine
doctors, physical therapists and massage therapists are on hand to diagnose and
treat your simple to complex injuries and conditions.

Same Day/Next Day Appointments

We believe you deserve the very best care available,
even when you don’t have a lot of time to wait. So now we’re able to see most
new and existing primary care and orthopaedic services patients in 24 hours or less – often the same day
or next business day. Take advantage of faster access to our most requested
services.

Simple, Secure Access to Your Medical Information

At Wake Forest Baptist, we are committed to providing our patients with a simple, secure way to access their medical information (such as lab results and future appointments) and e-mail their healthcare providers for more information (including prescription refills) about their care.

Patients and Visitors at Wake Forest Baptist Health

Wake Forest Baptist in the News

In the study reported at the recent Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Laura Baker, Ph.D., associate professor of gerontology and geriatric medicine, found that a potent lifestyle intervention such as aerobic exercise can impact Alzheimer’s-related changes in the brain.

Herbert Bonkovsky, M.D., professor of gastroenterology, was a contributing author on a study recently published by the New England Journal of Medicine that showed how a melanin-producing synthetic hormone could significantly increase pain-free exposure in people with a rare genetic disorder resulting in excruciating pain within minutes of sun exposure.

Some experts contend that consuming any form of added sugar, be it table sugar, all-natural honey or high-fructose corn syrup, is equally damaging to your health. But according to Kylie Kavanagh, D.V.M., assistant professor of pathology and comparative medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, not all calories are created equal.

Read more about the debate in a HealthDay article that was picked up by several outlets including CBSNews.com and Health.com.

Thanks to a $20 million gift from an anonymous donor, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers will launch a number of studies to determine the effects of muscadine grape extract on prostate and breast cancers. Career oncology researchers Patricia Gallagher, Ph.D., and Ann Tallant, Ph.D., will lead the multidisciplinary study which will include 26 faculty from a variety of disciplines including cancer biology, hematology, hypertension and vascular research, pathology, public health sciences, radiation biology, radiology and urology.

Researchers
at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine are working to make use
of the more than 2,600 kidneys that are donated each year that must be
discarded due to abnormalities and other factors. The scientists aim to
“recycle” these organs to engineer tailor-made replacement kidneys for patients.

Disclaimer: The information on this website is for general informational purposes only and SHOULD NOT be relied upon as a substitute for sound professional medical advice, evaluation or care from your physician or other qualified health care provider.